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Fetal echocardiography: can early imaging identify fetuses at risk of congenital heart disease?

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Sklansky, M. Fetal echocardiography: can early imaging identify fetuses at risk of congenital heart disease?. Nat Rev Cardiol 2, 12–13 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0067

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